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Re: Way bigger after eating.
 Originally Posted by HeathBish
Yes. In her warm hide. Do you think she will be ok?
I'm not even seeing her, so it's pretty hard to say. I'd have to guess most of us have, at one time or another (when we were new to keeping snakes), fed prey that
was bigger than we should have, and most of the time, it's O.K.- but those rare occasions when they barf it up are pretty memorable & really drive the lessons
home, lol. For now, try to relax...what's done is done.
IF he barfs it up though, you'll need to withhold all food for at least 3 weeks, to give time for digestive enzymes to be replaced, otherwise he'd be likely to barf up the
next meal, even a small one...and that can cause dehydration+ if there's another regurgitation, so you do NOT want to go there.
I had a large BCI for many years, & usually fed her small to medium rats (pre-killed, of course), even though she was big enough to eat a large rat. Well, when I finally
gave her a large rat, I felt horribly guilty because sure enough, she had trouble digesting it: for 2 days (best I recall) she got bigger instead of smaller, & I felt SO bad,
knowing she was very uncomfortable. Huge relief when her digestion finally got the job done without regurgitating it. Whew!
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